The Best Episodes Directed By Philip John
Every TV Episode Directed by Philip John Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Philip John Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Philip John is "Gloves Off", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Roy Mitchell". "Gloves Off" aired on 11/5/2010 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Dragonfly in Amber".
9.0/10 1 votes#1 - Gloves Off
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/2010
When the gun used to murder a talented young boxer 11 years ago surfaces in an armed robbery, UCOS are drawn into the darker side of professional boxing in a case that causes conflict and friction among the team.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Roy Mitchell
8.6/10 13 votes#2 - Dragonfly in Amber
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 7/9/2016
In the present, Claire reveals the truth to her daughter, Brianna. In the 18th century, Jamie does everything he can to save his loved ones as the Battle of Culloden begins.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.2/10 10 votes#3 - Prestonpans
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/2016
Jamie relies upon Claire's knowledge of history to lead the Jacobite army into a crucial battle. Claire is reminded of the true cost of war as she attends to the dead and dying.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Ira Steven Behr
8.1/10 11 votes#4 - The Hail Mary
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/2016
Jamie works to divert the Jacobite army away from imminent slaughter. Claire tries to provide comfort to a sick Alex Randall who shares an unusual plan to save the mother of his child.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Anne Kenney
8.0/10 1 votes#5 - Left Field
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/2010
After being released from jail, notorious paedophile John Davies admits to the abduction and murder of a child 25 years previously. Suspicious of his motives, the detectives reopen the unsolved case in an unusual attempt to prove his innocence, reinvestigating the boy's disappearance while on a demonstration with his left-wing activist parents. Guest starring Adrian Schiller (Being Human) and Samantha Bond (Outnumbered)
Director: Philip John
Writer: Lisa Holdsworth
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - Old Fossils
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 7/4/2011
The OAP detectives return to investigate a fresh batch of unsolved crimes, beginning with the murder of a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum. After a bit of digging, the team discover the victim was a respected but outspoken scientist with a knack for rubbing people up the wrong way - and when they discover he was strongly opposed to the museum's sponsorship deal with a large fuel company, the old dogs soon have plenty of suspects. Amanda Redman stars, with guest appearances from the late Trevor Bannister (Are You Being Served?), Lucy Brown (Primeval) and Natasha Little (Spooks)
Director: Philip John
Writer: J.C. Wilsher
- 8.0/10 1 votes
#7 - Moving Target
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 8/1/2011
After psychologist Samantha Gerson shows up at UCOS to conduct a study on older men in the workplace, she ends up getting a mixed reception. Samantha also wants a favour and asks Pullman to look at her brother's case. Darren Gerson was the victim of a hit and run in May 2006 which left him with a serious brain injury and complete memory loss of anything about his life before the accident happened. Darren now is convinced that he is still a target because of the package he was carrying at the time.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Matthew Thomas
8.0/10 1 votes#8 - Deep Swimming
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/2014
The team looks into the death of a terrorist 30 years previously after his daughter receives an anonymous note claiming he was murdered - an investigation that takes them right back to the Greenham Common anti-nuclear protests. Meanwhile, Sasha agrees to go for dinner with her ex-husband Ned, which he is hoping will lead to a reconciliation.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Chloe Moss
8.0/10 1 votes#9 - Ghosts
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2014
When Steve McAndrew's teenage son Stewie is arrested for drug possession, he finds himself face to face again with his ex-wife Tricia as they try to save the boy from a downward spiral. And after a distressed dementia patient escapes her care home to report a murder, the team look into the disappearance of a policeman, possibly murdered but missing since 1956...
Director: Philip John
Writer: Matt Evans
8.0/10 3 votes#10 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/17/2021
On her first day in the new role, Annika and the team are called in to solve the murder of a man found in the Clyde, a harpoon piercing his head. The investigation leads them to the victim's struggling boat business, where not everything is above board.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Nick Walker
8.0/10 2 votes#11 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/24/2021
When a body is found on a boat in the Clyde, the case takes the team to the Isle of Bute. Evidence points to a jilted lover, but a darker secret emerges as the team investigate.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Nick Walker
8.0/10 5 votes#12 - Daddy Ghoul
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2011
George is shocked to discover that his father has died, then meets the ghost of George Sr.
Director: Philip John
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 1 votes
#13 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2008
After spending a passion-filled night together, Alex suggests she may cancel the wedding, but Jessica's reaction forces her to keep her plans. Katie struggles to fight her attraction to Sam, and though Trudi discovers the source of her nuisance phone calls, she is left just as confused as ever about her relationship with Richard when Sally arrives with a revelation
Director: Philip John
Writer: Harriet Braun
- 8.0/10 1 votes
#14 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2008
Trudy and Sally fight, while Richard tries to persuade Trudi to slept with him. Hari accepts his condition and goes out to get help. Katie tells Sam the truth about her love life, but how will he react?
Director: Philip John
Writer: Richard Warlow
7.7/10 3 votes#15 - Type 4
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2011
Confronted with a 'type four', the housemates are forced to stare death in the face.
Director: Philip John
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 3 votes#16 - Eve of the War
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2012
Our werewolf and ghost heroes have to protect a newborn child from marauding vampires.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Toby Whithouse
7.7/10 3 votes#17 - Being Human 1955
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2012
Three visitors hope that baby Eve is the Saviour and can perform a miracle.
Director: Philip John
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 3 votes#18 - Hold the Front Page
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2012
Teenage vampire Adam and his schoolmistress lover cause havoc at Honolulu Heights.
Director: Philip John
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 12 votes#19 - Je Suis Prest
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 6/4/2016
Claire and Jamie reunite with the Lallybroch and MacKenzie men as they train for war. Jamie’s power struggles with Dougal and Claire’s personal battle with her memories of WWII weigh upon them, but new, helpful information comes to light when a young Englishman named William Grey pays a surprise visit to their camp.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Matthew B. Roberts
7.6/10 5 votes#20 - Everybody Will Know
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/2014
A string of teen suicides that may be linked to Internet bullying are investigated.
Director: Philip John
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 1 votes#21 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/31/2021
When the body of a scientist is found in Loch Katrine, Annika is reminded of Ibsen's Enemy of the People. But with so many wanting him dead, which one did he push over the edge?
Director: Philip John
Writer: Nick Walker
7.5/10 15 votes#22 - The Great Escape
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/13/2019
Karolina, Chase and Janet plot their own escape from the Algorithm, while in the real world the rest of the Runaways team up to fight Jonah and get them out.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Warren Hsu Leonard
7.3/10 3 votes#23 - The Trinity
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/2013
As ghost Alex adjusts to life after death with werewolf Tom and vampire Hal, we meet poisonous pensioner Captain Hatch, behind whose foul exterior lurks an ancient evil.
Director: Philip John
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 4 votes#24 - The Graveyard Shift
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2012
Hal is told to get a job, but when the vampires catch up with him there is another offer.
Director: Philip John
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 8 votes#25 - Level Up
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/30/2019
Tyrone and Tandy head to the Loa dimension to stop the evil force threatening New Orleans. To finally put an end to it, they must come face to face with their own personal issues that have been holding them back.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Joe Pokaski